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Update!

I wanted to let everyone know that I bought this 1899 after seeing it in person. He was asking $500 but I paid $450. It came apart without a fight and locks up tight. The bore was very good. It was manufactured in 1915 according to the serial number. It did not look abused, just 109 years old. I've already taken off that awful butt pad and will find a plastic butt plate to replace it. It should work as the length of pull is still 13 inches with out the pad.

I sent a detailed description to Norm99 and he identified it as an 1899H style 3. Thank you Norm!

I am not a reloader, but I have a friend who is a serious one, so I've ordered brass, dies and bullets (original Barnes 190 grain) wanting to duplicate the original factory load. Researching I've found 8 or 10 powders that have been used for the 303. Does anyone have a favorite? Is there a powder I could also use in the 300 Savage as I have an EG and an F in 300? If not different powders it is.

I pick up 300 Savage ammunition whenever I see it for sale, but I've also gathered 150 pieces of brass thinking I would reload someday. Now with the 303 there really is no other option.

Thanks for your help.

As far as powders go, whatever the 30-30 likes, the 303 will too. Powders like IMR 3031 and Reloader 7, the 4895's and Leverevolution. In my 300 Savage I stick to IMR-4350.

Thanks Bushwacker! That gives me 4 options for the 303 and I will look for IMR-4350 for the 300 Savage.

Lever evolution works in both. And it seems less expensive.

Congratulations! I love those light carbines.

I have a boatload of 150 grain NPs…..that’s what my 303 s are sighted in for. 35.5 lvr rem 9.5 primers

I also loaded 180 grain silver tips with 33 lvr. Rem 9.5 in the 303 sav.

In the 300 savage I use the 160 FTX ( .308 marlin express cannulure) and 43 lvr with a rem 9.5


Keep us updated.

My 303 shoots the Barnes 190s pretty well with LeverEvolution. Accurate 4064 and 2015 aren't bad either, but the velocities are much lower.

I'm fixin to try some Leverlotion powder in a Marlin 30-30 using 150 Hornady RN bullets.

Did you buy that 336 u was meowing about a while back?

Aug 11 23?


micro groovey Man!

Just the other day. Straight stock 336 in 30-30.

Nice, don't see many straight stock 336s. Is it a Texan?

Awesomeness

The Savage forum is melting down…….catching Marlinitis!

Since Marlin made some of the first Savage's it's accepted that we stray to the Marlins too, however one may not fawn over the Marlins too much as to make them appear more liked. It's like having that one friend from High School. Your wife is alright with him coming to dinner once a year, but he isn't staying at the house. ;P

In my ignorance, I thought it was but alas, no it is a standard 20" barrel and not the 18.5" of the Texan.

Thanks Angus1895 and zcm82. I will use LeverEvolution. I found an article on the internet and they had their best accuracy in the 303 with 190 Barnes using LeverEvolution.

I have owned several Marlins, some of which I wish I had kept, but I still have three 336A's. Two in .35 Remington and one in .30-30. This summer I gave my other 336A in .30-30 to my oldest son. I also have two Cowboys. A .45 Colt and a .45-70. I like Marlins.

I just like levers and was grateful to inherit a BL-22, and early BLR's in .358 and .308 and a Winchester 9422 magnum from my dad. The .308 went to my youngest son. Along the way I've picked up a pre-64 94 in .32 Special and a Browning 71. I also have an EG in .300 and two F's in .300 and .308. Now of course the .303 which I'm excited to learn to reload and shoot.

I won't bore you with levers I wish I had kept or bought, but since this is the Savage forum...twenty years ago, knowing nothing about 99's, I passed on a very, very nice 99F in .250 that I could have purchased for $525 at a pawn shop. I didn't even know it was an F. The only 99's I had ever seen were EG's and very few of those.

Thanks again for sharing your time and knowledge.

Henry, back in the day I made the pilgrimage (8 hr round trip at 55 mph) up to the Cabelas in Sydney Neb. Back when the Cabela's still owned it and the gun library was where dreams were made. Well they had taken in an estate FULL of Savage 95's, 1899B's and EG's galore. Not knowing what I know now, I thought they had so many, so I could come back any old time and get one, so I went home with a Marlin 336 "Waffle Top" instead. I have been kicking myself for 20 years for not grabbing a couple of those back then.

I do still have that Marlin though.

336SC, 30-30
1894CL, 25-20. Sold the 32-20
1894CS, 357mag for plinking; son has one also.
94, 32-20
27, 25-20, like new

I collected Marlin lever guns before Savages.

Marlin ushered us in and may usher us out, but I, for one, am not ready to go yet. I still have 10 savages for every Marlin I hold.

Bushwacker...my other excuse for not buying that F 20 some years ago, besides my ignorance of 99s, was I was finding nice Marlins around $300. $525 seemed high. I just need that time machine to go back in time and buy a few rifles I should have and kept some I shouldn't have sold.

I have the Browning 71, but 25 years ago I sold a Winchester 71 to a friend, and he loves it still, but there are days I wish I had kept it. I'm thrilled though how much he appreciates it and uses it to hunt with.

Rick99 I'm been thinking about an 1894 in .357. The oldest grandkids are getting big enough to shoot something bigger than a .22. I have been looking at the new Marlin/Ruger 94's.

Thanks again.

U need rid of that counter fit 336 fireball…..

Just let minnow

My uncle was a trader in Lincoln Ne.He passed 10 years ago or so. He never considered purchasing model 99s at all. I called him over a 1899 B in 303 he never even heard of a 303…,.,,Then I gave him Murray’s book..the regret he would talk about at gun shows……99s …..there here , there there, there every freaking where!

Angus1895 both your uncle and I needed that time machine.